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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 20:37:03 GMT
I think it depends on what the surveillance video shows. At this point, it wouldn't surprise me if the review is less about finding the alleged perpetrators, and more about documenting Smollett's movements in order to have enough evidence for a false reporting charge.Oh geez. I do not want to be away from the Internet if that comes down. It's going to be epic. The most popular post will be some form of, "We cannot let the Trumpists use this news, as they are trying to do, distract from the very real problem of hate crimes in this country." |
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Post by jaketaylor on Jan 30, 2019 20:38:34 GMT
If this happened to a rich, white, cis, straight man the security cameras would never have turned a blind eye to it like this.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 20:40:12 GMT
If this happened to a rich, white, cis, straight man the security cameras would never have turned a blind eye to it like this. Gay black men have been saying for years that they feel invisible. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 20:41:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 20:43:44 GMT
I just read that! A woman who wants to have an emotional connection before sex ... or, as we called it in the early '90s, a woman.
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Post by Da Man on Jan 30, 2019 20:46:22 GMT
I think it depends on what the surveillance video shows. At this point, it wouldn't surprise me if the review is less about finding the alleged perpetrators, and more about documenting Smollett's movements in order to have enough evidence for a false reporting charge.Oh geez. I do not want to be away from the Internet if that comes down. Get your popcorn ready!  |
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Post by xanadu on Jan 30, 2019 20:58:05 GMT
I just read that! A woman who wants to have an emotional connection before sex ... or, as we called it in the early '90s, a woman. The women of the '70s laugh at those early '90s chicks. "Will you love me forever?!" |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 21:15:53 GMT
I think this is representative of a lot of the reax you're going to see once this thing crashes and burns.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 21:20:10 GMT
But it’s only Trumpists who will believe anything you tell them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 21:31:20 GMT
A week after everyone rushed to get their hot takes out about the Covington Catholic kids, we're right back in it.
There is literally no learning - zero, nada.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 21:34:23 GMT
A week after everyone rushed to get their hot takes out about the Covington Catholic kids, we're right back in it. There is literally no learning - zero, nada. Here's the thing, though: The people reacting now are the same people, most likely, who didn't acknowledge that the Post fucked up the Covington Catholic story. They will go to their graves arguing that it was letter perfect in the first instance. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 21:41:06 GMT
A week after everyone rushed to get their hot takes out about the Covington Catholic kids, we're right back in it. There is literally no learning - zero, nada. Here's the thing, though: The people reacting now are the same people, most likely, who didn't acknowledge that the Post fucked up the Covington Catholic story. They will go to their graves arguing that it was letter perfect in the first instance. And even if this turns out to be a false report, it will become part of the collective 'memory.' In 15 years, young people will be told a black, gay actor was beaten on the streets of Chicago and police refused to do anything. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 22:09:36 GMT
Not to be "that guy," because I've been as wrapped up in this as anybody, but, fuck, there are homeless people sleeping in tents in this bullshit right now, and the city's resources are being utilized on some B-list TV actor's little performance art project.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 22:41:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 22:52:23 GMT
apnews.com/499db3d5b9e84053aff9f391fe7f514aCHICAGO (AP) — Detectives have reviewed surveillance footage of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett walking to his downtown Chicago apartment after an early morning visit to a Subway restaurant, but none of the video they’ve watched so far showed him being attacked, a police official said Wednesday. Investigators “for the most part” can confirm the route Smollett took early Tuesday when he says he was attacked by two masked men along a street in the Streeterville neighborhood, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. However, there are gaps and none of the footage police have reviewed shows an attack, he said, noting that the review is ongoing. Guglielmi said detectives, who are investigating the allegations as a possible hate crime, have looked at hundreds of hours of surveillance video from businesses and hotels in the heavily monitored area. But he said they still need to collect and view more. He said they are expanding the search to include footage from public buses and buildings beyond the scene’s immediate vicinity in the hopes of spotting the men who match Smollett’s description of the suspects. “We haven’t seen anybody, at this point, matching the description he gave, nobody looks menacing and we didn’t find a container anywhere,” Guglielmi said, referring to a container for the liquid that the actor said was thrown at him.
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